Oil-can.



H. CARR, JR.

OIL CAN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, I913- PO 1 9 1 3 1 r p d .w n m a P I/II I/E/Il TOR fiamm 647/ WITNESSES:

"I'll? NORRIS PETERS CO," PHOTO-LITHQ, WMaflIlH-IIUN. D. C.

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HORACE CARE, JP, ()1? ILFLNSAS CITY, MISFJQUIZI, ASSIGHUE T9 THE MANUFAC- TUBING OfiIJIIPANY, OF KANSAS CITY, IiII$S-QUBL A GQRPGRATIQN OF MISSOURI.

OIL-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. I3, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, I-Ioanon Cans, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to oil cans, and more particularly to a device of that class wherein the flexible bottom of a can is yieldingly held distended by a spring contained within the can body, in order to insure reaction of said flexible bottom after each feeding manipulation thereof, the principal object of the invention being to provide an effective distending spring which will not only accomplish its principal purpose but is adapted for proper assembly with imperfectly, as well as perfectly made cans.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a distending spring which may seat securely against the spring bottom and nozzle cap of the can, in order to insure a more perfect operation and to obviate cramping of the spring, and to provide a construction whereby the spring may be easily applied to or removed from the can nozzle.

In accomplishing these objects I have provided the improved details of structure hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure I is a central vertical section of an oil can equipped with a distending spring constructed according to my invention. Fig. II is an enlarged perspective view of the upper portion of the spring, showing a part of the can nozzle and cap in vertical section. Fig. III is a detail perspective of the spring.

Referring more in detail to the parts: 1v designates an oil can, of any ordinary con struction, having a flexible bottom 2,21, nozzle cap 3 and a nozzle 4, which latter extends through the cap and opens into the interior of the can body. In assembling cans of this description, the nozzle 4, which is made in a separate piece, if not carefully assembled with the nozzle cap may be projected too far into the cap so that its lower edge will project from the base of the cap and leave an inwardly projecting end or edge 9, as illustrated in the present drawings. With this construction, the base of the spring neck is engaged by the inwardly projecting end or edge of the nozzle, rather than by the bottom of the nozzle cap, thereby preventing the cap from resting flush on the upper convolution of the spring and thereby tilting the spring so that it does not press firmly against the flexible bottom. In order to obviate this disadvantage I have provided a spring 5, preferably formed as a coil, and having its top and bottom convolutions 67 extended parallel and at right angles to the axis of the spring body in order that both the top and bottom convolutions may bear flatly against the bottom of the can and the base of the nozzle cap. The upper convolution of the spring is turned downwardly within the spring body to provide a cup 8 which is so arranged with respect to the can with which it is to be assembled that the inwardly projecting end or edge 9 of the nozzle 4, which may project below the base of the cap will project into said socket and will not interfere with the vertical adjustment of the spring. After forming the socket 8 the spring is bent to form a neck 10 which is adapted for projection into the lower end of the nozzle when the parts are assembled, the lower end of said neck being preferably proj ected downwardly a short distance into the body of the spring in order to form a shank 11, whereby the neck may be sprung in order to reduce its spread and facilitate its insertion into and withdrawal from the nozzle.

It is apparent that while the spring is especially constructed for use with cans having the inwardly projecting nozzles, it will. operate as well with perfectly formed cans, and that with either the spring is afforded a substantial seat on both the nozzle cap and flexible base and that the spring neck may be easily and quickly projected into or moved from the nozzle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

The combination with a can comprising a flexible bottom, a nozzle cap, and a nozzle supported in said cap and having its end projected into the interior of the can, of a spring seated on the flexible bottom of the can, and having a neck on its upper end pro- 9 In testimony whereof I aflix my signature jecting into seidnoz zle, the portion of the in presence of two Witnesses. spring connecting the neck with the body of HORACE CARR JR the spring having a downturned portion forming a socket adjacent the base of the Witnesses:

neck for receiving the projected end of the ARTHUR G. BROWN,

- nozzle. V LETA E. CoA'rs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

, Washington, D. 0. 

